Trump Hosts $45 Million Military Parade For Himself Before Underwhelming Crowd

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Sat, June 14, 2025 at 9:25 PM EDT


WASHINGTON – President Donald Trump finally got his North Korea-style military parade for his birthday Saturday, which featured tanks and rocket launchers rolling down the streets of the capital city before smaller-than-expected crowds.


“Every other country celebrates their victories, it’s about time America did too,” Trump said in a brief, eight-minute speech.
It followed the two-hour parade down Constitution Avenue, during which Trump primarily sat, appeared bored, but occasionally stood to salute the passing troops and military hardware.

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What’s more, preceding Trump at the lectern, Vice President JD Vance described Trump’s coming remarks as “the main event” of the evening.

Despite Trump’s attempts to hype the event, attendance appeared light — there were considerably fewer people on the National Mall on Saturday than there would be for a typical Fourth of July celebration. And attendance at Trump’s parade was dwarfed by the millions who showed up at roughly 2,000 anti-Trump “No Kings” protests in cities and towns all over the country.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-hosts-45-million-military-012534293.html

Demagogue and loser.

[sop]

1. We paid $45M for this?

[agingdem]

2. Your gotta love the press and their

attempt to assuage Trump's ego..."attendance appeared light"..."considerably fewer people"..."smaller than expected crowds".

I think "Trump's parade tanked!" ...says it all...

[mercuryblues]

3. We, the taxpayer, paid over 2 million

Last edited Sun Jun 15, 2025, 01:13 PM - Edit history (1)

Per attendee. FEMA couldn't fix that disaster, even if they were fully funded.